Passage 1

It was Thanksgiving Day,and Marie White,a 12-year-old American girl,was happy.Her mother was making a very special cake.She put four small coins into the cake and then baked it.The four coins were for good luck.After dinner,Marie and her family ate the cake.They found three coins in the cake and put them on the table.Where was the fourth one?It was missing,but Marie’s mother didn’t notice.

After Thanksgiving Day,Marie got sick.She coughed and couldn’t speak,Marie’s parents took her to hospital.Doctors at the hospital looked her over and then said,“We are sorry,but we can’t help her.”

For 12 years,Marie didn’t speak.But like other common people,she grew up,she got a job,she got married.One day,when Marie was 24 years old,she got a sore throat.She began to cough.She coughed up something small and black.What was it?Marie didn’t know.She took it to a hospital.A doctor at the hospital said,“This is a coin!”The doctor told Marie,“I think you can speak again.”

1.Why did Marie’s mother put coins into the cake on Thanksgiving day?

A.To make a joke on her families.B.For good luck.

C.To give a surprise to her daughter.D.To celebrate the festival.

2.What happened when the family were eating the cake?

A.They found all the coins.B.They didn’t notice the coins.

C.They found all the coins missing.D.They found one coin missing.

3.According to the passage,which one is incorrect?

A.The coins in the cake were for good luck.

B.The hospital didn’t find what is wrong with Marie.

C.When Marie grew up,she didn’t get a job.

D.Marie coughed up something small and black.

4.Why did the girl start to speak when she was 24?

A.Because the doctor at the hospital cured her.

B.Because she coughed up the coin in her throat.

C.Because the doctor told her to speak.

D.Because her parents took her to the hospital.

5.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A.The tradition of Thanksgiving.B.A family of four.

C.A girl who ate a coin by mistake.D.How to make cakes for Thanksgiving.

Passage 2

Emotion is sometimes regarded as the opposite of reason.As is suggested by phrases such as“appeal to emotions rather than reason”and“don’t let your emotions take over”.Emotional reactions sometimes produce consequences or thoughts which people may later regret or disagree with,but during an emotional state,they cannot control themselves.Thus,it is generally believed that one of the most distinctive facts about human beings is the contradiction between emotion and reason.

However,recent empirical studies do not suggest that there is a clear distinction between reason and emotion.Indeed,anger or fear can often be thought of as an instinctive response to observed facts.The human mind possesses many possible reactions to the external world.Those reactions can lie on a continuum,with some of them involving the extreme of pure intellectual logic,which is often called“cold”,and others involving the extreme of pure emotion not related to any logical argument,which is called“the heat of passion”.The relation between logic and emotion merits careful study.

Passion,emotion,or feeling can reinforce an argument,even one based primarily on reason.This is especially true in religion or ideology,which frequently demands an all-or-nothing rejection or acceptance.In such areas of thought,human beings have to adopt a comprehensive view partly backed by empirical argument and partly by feeling and passion.Moreover,several researchers have suggested that typically there is no“pure”decision or thought;that is,no thought is based“purely”on intellectual logic or“purely”on emotion—most decisions are founded on a mixture of both.

6.What result may come from emotional reactions?

A.Sometimes people may regret later.

B.Often people may be in despair later.

C.Always people accept their emotional reactions.

D.Mostly people may feel satisfied with their emotional reactions.

7.Why does the writer mention the phrase“appeal to emotion rather than reason”?

A.The writer want to illustrate that emotion can take over reason.

B.The writer want to illustrate that reason can take over emotion.

C.The writer want to illustrate that emotion and reason can’t be separated.

D.The writer want to illustrate that emotion and reason conflict each other.

8.Which of following statements does not belong to emotion?

A.anger B.fear C.logic D.passion

9.What does the speaker mean by“cold”?

A.A person may feel cold.B.A person is totally logical.

C.A person is purely emotional.D.A person is rejected by others.

10.What is the conclusion of the passage?

A.There is a clear distinction between reason and emotion.

B.Emotion can never reinforce an argument based on reason.

C.The relation between reason and emotion deserves careful study.

D.In most decisions,there is no clear distinction between reason and emotion.